A lot of guys start with a clinic and pretty quickly realize it’s mostly a money grab. Testosterone itself is dirt cheap if we’re talking straight TRT. Hell, even compared to most compounds, T barely dents the wallet.
Spend some time in the blood work threads, there’s a ton of solid info there. You’ll learn what markers actually matter, which labs to pull, and why. Once you understand that and have a reliable way to acquire what you need, you can stock up and run things on your own terms at a fraction of the cost.
For what clinics charge monthly, you can afford very thorough labs and still come out way ahead. Most clinics only run full panels once a year after you’re “established,” yet they’re happy to charge 99.00 month. That’s 300 for a single vial meant to last 3 months… when testosterone itself often costs $20–45 depending on ester, timing, and sales.
You could literally run bi-monthly labs and buy your test for less than what many clinics charge for one month.
Just food for thought.